Vulgar words in Ebooks: Neither E, Nor Books (Page 1)
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When Amazon kicked off, many writers got their knickers in a tight and powerful knot at the idea that axe-grinding yahoos were filling the Amazon message-boards with ill-considered slams at their work -- for, if a personal recommendation is the best way to sell a book, then certainly a personal condemnation is the best way to *not* sell a book.
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Back in the old days, this kind of thing would have really pissed me off.
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[ILLUMINATED BIBLE] Gutenberg's xerox machine changed all that, changed a book into something that could be simply run off a press in a few minutes' time, on substrate more suitable to ass-wiping than exaltation in a place of honor in the cathedral.
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There was no incense, no altar boys, and who (apart from the priesthood) knew that reading was so friggin' hard on the eyes?
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Here's why: [CHART: HOW BROKEN COPYRIGHT SCREWS EVERYONE] * Authors freak out.
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* Publishers freak out.
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Publishers freak out, because they're in the business of grabbing as much copyright as they can and hanging onto it for dear life because, dammit, you never know.